[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 32, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 32CFR2.3]



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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE

 

              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

 

PART 2_PILOT PROGRAM POLICY--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  2.3  Regulatory relief for participating programs.



    (a) A program participating in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program 

will not be subject to any regulation, policy, directive, or 

administrative rule or guideline relating to the acquisition activities 

of the Department of Defense other than the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR) \1\, the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) \2\, or those 

regulatory requirements added by the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Technology, the Head of the Component, or the DoD 

Component Acquisition Executive.

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    \1\ Copies of this Department of Defense publication may be obtained 

from the Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, 

Washington, DC 20402.

    \2\ See footnote 1 to Sec.  2.3(a).

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    (b) Provisions of the FAR and/or DFARS that do not implement 

statutory requirements may be waived by the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Acquisition and Technology using appropriate administrative 

procedures. Provisions of the FAR and DFARS that implement statutory 

requirements may be waived or limited in accordance with the procedures 

for statutory relief previously mentioned.

    (c) Regulatory relief includes relief from use of government-unique 

specifications and standards. Since a major objective of the Defense 

Acquisition Pilot Program is to promote standard, commercial industrial 

practices, functional performance and commercial specifications and 

standards will be used to the maximum extent practical. Federal or 

military specifications and standards may be used only when no practical 

alternative exists that meet the user's needs. Defense acquisition 

officials (other than the Program Manager or Commodity Manager) may only 

require the use of military specifications and standards with advance 

approval from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

Technology, the Head of the DoD Component, or the DoD Component 

Acquisition Executive.